abfalter:It is funny. I'm white and any pictures I have of Jesus are white. My wife is black and any pictures of Jesus she has are black. Yet, we're both wrong. He's from Bethlehem, so he's Middle Eastern.

PonceAlyosha:durbnpoisn: Not to mention that he is depicted as a white guy while being from an area with no white people.

Except for all of those Roman occupiers.

And the fact that Palestine had been conquered by pretty much every civilization in that extended region. Plus it was at the heart of a gigantic trade network with lots of different races and ethnic groups. Jesus could have been white. Or black. Or Middle Eastern. Who knows.

Ninja Otter:PonceAlyosha: durbnpoisn: Not to mention that he is depicted as a white guy while being from an area with no white people.

Except for all of those Roman occupiers.

So you're saying his father was Naughtius Maximus?

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abfalter:It is funny. I'm white and any pictures I have of Jesus are white. My wife is black and any pictures of Jesus she has are black. Yet, we're both wrong. He's from Bethlehem, so he's Middle Eastern.

But if you go by the Bible, we only know half of his lineage, because one half of his DNA is magic. I am of the opinion that Jesus was blue, and frankly there's nothing anyone can cite in the text to prove me wrong.

As I clicked the thread's link, I was holding my breath hoping that the world would make sense today, at last just a little bit and that Buddy Jesus would be the very Boobies....

And behold, it's a miracle!

The only thing thing that would have make it better would have been a quote:

"Thank you, thank you, thank you. Now we all know how the majority and the media in this country view the Catholic church. They think of us as a passe, archaic institution. People find the Bible obtuse... even hokey. Now in an effort to disprove all that the church has appointed this year as a time of renewal... both of faith and of style. For example, the crucifix. While it has been a time honored symbol of our faith, Holy Mother Church has decided to retire this highly recognizable, yet wholly depressing image of our Lord crucified. Christ didn't come to Earth to give us the willies... He came to help us out. He was a booster. And it is with that take on our Lord in mind that we've come up with a new, more inspiring sigil. So it is with great pleasure that I present you with the first of many revamps the "Catholicism WOW. " campaign will unveil over the next year. I give you... The Buddy Christ. Now that's not the sanctioned term we're using for the symbol, just something we've been kicking around the office, but look at it. Doesn't it... pop? Buddy Christ... "

TerminalEchoes:PonceAlyosha: durbnpoisn: Not to mention that he is depicted as a white guy while being from an area with no white people.

Except for all of those Roman occupiers.

And the fact that Palestine had been conquered by pretty much every civilization in that extended region. Plus it was at the heart of a gigantic trade network with lots of different races and ethnic groups. Jesus could have been white. Or black. Or Middle Eastern. Who knows.

As I recall, Judas had to point out Jesus to the Roman authorities who arrested him because he looked so nondescript within a group of 1st century Jews that it's difficult to tell him apart otherwise.

RexTalionis:TerminalEchoes: PonceAlyosha: durbnpoisn: Not to mention that he is depicted as a white guy while being from an area with no white people.

Except for all of those Roman occupiers.

And the fact that Palestine had been conquered by pretty much every civilization in that extended region. Plus it was at the heart of a gigantic trade network with lots of different races and ethnic groups. Jesus could have been white. Or black. Or Middle Eastern. Who knows.

As I recall, Judas had to point out Jesus to the Roman authorities who arrested him because he looked so nondescript within a group of 1st century Jews that it's difficult to tell him apart otherwise.

imfallen_angel:natazha: And they need to edit the Bible so it more accurately reflects God's actual words as the evangelicals know them. Just too many places where the Bible contradicts the True Religion.

RexTalionis:imfallen_angel: natazha: And they need to edit the Bible so it more accurately reflects God's actual words as the evangelicals know them. Just too many places where the Bible contradicts the True Religion.

Why is there a skull on the table? shiat. I know some hardcore motherf*ckers. People who may very well sit in their shiathole apartments with peeling paint and cigarettes and whiskey and a gun on the table. I don't think I know anyone who keeps a human skull as a table piece.

PonceAlyosha:Ninja Otter: PonceAlyosha: durbnpoisn: Not to mention that he is depicted as a white guy while being from an area with no white people.

Except for all of those Roman occupiers.

So you're saying his father was Naughtius Maximus?

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abfalter: It is funny. I'm white and any pictures I have of Jesus are white. My wife is black and any pictures of Jesus she has are black. Yet, we're both wrong. He's from Bethlehem, so he's Middle Eastern.

But if you go by the Bible, we only know half of his lineage, because one half of his DNA is magic. I am of the opinion that Jesus was blue, and frankly there's nothing anyone can cite in the text to prove me wrong.

kid_icarus:PonceAlyosha: Ninja Otter: PonceAlyosha: durbnpoisn: Not to mention that he is depicted as a white guy while being from an area with no white people.

Except for all of those Roman occupiers.

So you're saying his father was Naughtius Maximus?

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abfalter: It is funny. I'm white and any pictures I have of Jesus are white. My wife is black and any pictures of Jesus she has are black. Yet, we're both wrong. He's from Bethlehem, so he's Middle Eastern.

But if you go by the Bible, we only know half of his lineage, because one half of his DNA is magic. I am of the opinion that Jesus was blue, and frankly there's nothing anyone can cite in the text to prove me wrong.

I actually knew a lot of these people - from a really super conservative evangelical background who started to be more "liberal" as soon as they moved out of their parent's house. I call them "morons".

//If something is true, it's true.///If something is not true, it's not true.////Don't keep re-casting your experiences and opinions based on what your parents told versus how much you like to drink and fark.

Yeah, this whole "liberal Jesus" thing is nothing more than the latest reequilibration with society. Religious folk love to pretend that God is a static tower of virtue that rings true throughout the ages, but the lines are always being redrawn. The church fights a never ending social war, lagging behind the progressives of the time, balancing their desire to maintain regressive status quo with the need to remain relevant. The church has rarely been at the vanguard of any positive social movement. They like to lay claim to having been active abolitionists now that slavery is 150 years removed, but other than the Quakers, most sects were pretty indifferent, including the Catholics and Episcopalians.

ModernLuddite:I actually knew a lot of these people - from a really super conservative evangelical background who started to be more "liberal" as soon as they moved out of their parent's house. I call them "morons".

//If something is true, it's true.///If something is not true, it's not true.////Don't keep re-casting your experiences and opinions based on what your parents told versus how much you like to drink and fark.

Yeah but to their credit, they're trying to promote more of the "peace, love, and tolerance" Jesus taught rather than the damnation, fire, and brimstone that hardline Christians promote, which is exactly what makes people ridicule Christians. I'm in favor of the new movement.